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A wide range of interesting articles that help you make informed decisions and deliver the best projects for your clients authored by our team of NBS subject specialists and construction industry contributors.

Sustainability

Sustainable Futures UK Report 2026

Explore the current state of sustainability in the UK construction industry based on the results from a comprehensive survey conducted by NBS.

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  • Uniclass

    Uniclass - October 2026 update

    Classifying the natural environment

  • Construction Products

    Visqueen launches Ultimate Self Adhesive Membrane for hydrocarbon and VOC-contaminated sites

    The construction industry faces growing challenges when building on increasingly complex brownfield sites. Alongside the need for effective waterproofing, developers and contractors must now address ...

  • Construction Products

    Siderise: Helping to bridge the gap between Gateway 2 approval and on-site fire protection

    While the new building safety regime hasn’t fundamentally changed what requirements higher-risk buildings (HRBs) must meet to comply with the Building Regulations, it has significantly increased the ...

ISO 19650 Q&A with Paul Shillcock

1. What do those companies who have already aligned their business processes to the UK 1192 series need to know about the transition to the ISO 19650 series? That it’s business as usual and they ...

Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation
NBS-LCA

Reduce embodied carbon from the start

Measure, compare and reduce upfront embodied carbon using trusted UK data and pre-built assemblies.

Digital transformation: it's about people and technology

As we progress in this fourth industrial age, technology is fundamentally changing the way that we live and work, and is determining how businesses and industries grow and innovate. The UK ...

Digital TransformationClassification

Video: ISO 19650 - A global opportunity

Following the publishing of the ISO 19650 series of standards for BIM, we invited Paul Shillcock to NBS HQ to present to the North East BIM community.

Design and SpecificationStandards and Regulations

From BS 1192 to ISO 19650 and everything in between

Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...

Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation

Our top summer reads on smart cities, big data and more

You took BIM for Dummies to the Bahamas last year, so what should you read this time around? In advance of the holiday season we’ve compiled ten of the most popular paperbacks on big data, smart ...

Fire safetyVentilation

12 of the biggest health and safety risks in construction

According to HSE, within the UK there are 80,000 construction workers who suffer from work-related bad health each year and 64,000 who suffer non-fatal injuries.

Fire safetyVentilation

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What is the PAS 1192 framework?

A series of PAS documents set out the requirements for achieving BIM Level 2 by establishing a framework for collaborative working and information requirements.

Standards and RegulationsDigital Transformation

The AIM of BIM

Update: Since this article was first written, all the content from the NBS National BIM Library has moved across to NBS Source. ...

Digital TransformationPAS 1192-2